..< |Speaking
|Expression...<
| |Writing
|Imagination
|Reason
|Etc., etc.

|Energy
|Love of Work
Disposition to Industry < Willingness
|Perseverance
|Decision
|Etc., etc.

|Financial
|Commercial
|Mechanical
|Artistic
|Judicial
|Executive
|Selling
|Advertising
|Agriculture
Natural Aptitudes.......< Medical
|Educational
|Legal
|Engineering
|Floricultural
|Horticultural
|Stock Breeding
|Speed
|Accuracy
|Patience
|Attention to Detail

|Education
Experience..............< Training
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Without at least fair physical fitness for his work and for his
environment, no man can do efficient work in any position.

CHARACTER

The second element is character. A man may rate well in all the six
fundamentals with the exception of one, honesty, and he is not worth heat
and light and floor space, to say nothing of wages. Dishonest men do not
do honest work. The man who is deficient in honesty, in truthfulness, in
loyalty, is not really fit for any kind of work in a world where men are
interdependent--where the law of compensation is rigidly enforced. We
have chosen just a few qualities under the head of character: honesty,
truthfulness, loyalty, discretion, prudence, enthusiasm, courage,
steadfastness, and dependability. We might go on and on, adding
initiative, justice, kindness, good nature, courtesy, punctuality, etc.

INTELLIGENCE

The third criterion is intelligence. Intelligence, of course, relates to
mental ability--ability to learn and to understand and follow
instructions. Employers are slowly reaching the conclusion that
unintelligent labor is the most expensive kind of labor. The man who is
unintelligent cannot be taught. Employers cannot give him ins